Muigizaji
Leonardo DiCaprio ameagizwa kufika
mahakamani kutoa ushahidi wake katika kesi iliyofunguliwa na dalali wa zamani
wa soko la hisa Andrew Greene akidai
kuwa sinema ya The Wolf of Wall Street inamdhalilisha
na kumuonesha kama mhalifu aliyebobea katika dawa za kulevya.
Andrew
Greene anadai kuwa mtu aliyebeba jina la
Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff alikuwa ni yeye.
Greene
alikuwa anafanyakazi kazi katika soko la hisa la Stratton Oakmont,
lililoanzishwa na Jordan Belfort nafasi iliyochezwa na DiCaprio.
The
Wolf of Wall Street, iliyoongozwa na Martin Scorsese, ilimuonesha DiCaprio katika uhalisia wa Belfort kwa kuzingatia
kitabu kinachomhusu yeye.
Greene
anawashtakiwa maprojuza wa sinema hiyo wakiwemo Paramount Pictures, Red Granite Pictures,
DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions na Sikelia
Productions.
The
character of Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff wore a toupee and was the subject
of the movie line "swear to God, I want to choke him to death". He
was played by PJ Byrne.
Mr
Green said the film changed his nickname from "Wigwam" to
"Rugrat," adding it spread untruths about him and that damages to his
reputation were worth $15m (£10.5m).
The
claims were rejected, but a judge allowed the claimant to assert instead that
the filmmakers maliciously libelled him.
Thursday's
hearing, chaired by magistrate judge Steven Locke, overruled arguments that
DiCaprio's testimony only serves as harassment and coercion.
The
defendants had argued Scorsese and screenwriter Terence Winter had already
testified, and that the claimants had not stated why they needed DiCaprio to
testify as he did not write the screenplay or play the character.
Mr
Greene has said he worked at Stratton Oakmont between 1993 and 1996 as the head
of the firm's corporate finance department and a member of the board of
directors.
He
has also said he did not consent to his image, likeness and characterisation
being used in The Wolf of Wall Street.
The
film was a major box office hit and was nominated for five Oscars, including
best picture and best actor for Leonardo DiCaprio in 2014.
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